 The Ethnic Clarinet
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2001-12-24 02:33
Just noticing that there seems to be more general clarinet questions recently than Klezmer questions. The general ones belong on the other Bboard.
However, boys and girls, this BBoard isn't nearly active enough! You need to "talk amongst yourselves" and get this Bboard promoted among the deviant .. I mean demented ... no, no - devoted ... Klezmer players!
Happy Channukah from the gentile side of the road!
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Author: Steve Epstein
Date: 2001-12-24 05:21
Not to be disparaging to anyone, but I notice that there aren't as many posts on this forum from the "younger set":-), except for the "mistakes" that belong on the regular board. By "younger set", I mean jr high through high school and college. Probably because those kids are too busy learning required repertoire to have time to bother with music that is largely recreational; i.e., played for fun, though it certainly may be played for profit. Jazz is now part of the curriculum, but klezmer and ethnic (Balkan, Eastern European) are not, at least as far as I know.
Kids make up a lot of the posts on the regular board. They seem to post whenever they have anything on their minds. They post on kid-specific issues, like audition pieces, schools, camps, the politics of marching band, etc, as well as a lot on general issues, such as technique, practicing, equipment. And as I said, they post more and more often, and respond more often to posts.
This does not account for all of it, but I believe it accounts for part of it.
Happy holidays to you as well.
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Author: sarah
Date: 2002-01-08 22:36
A few years ago in my high school jazz combo we did a klezmer tune. It was great. The judges at the competitions we participated in didn't really care for it, but we loved playing it. But this was no ordinary jazz combo. My freshman year we had a bass clarinet (that was me!!!), a euphonium, a trumpet, a soprano sax, an electric viola, drums, and a bass. Needless to say, we usually ended up making our own arrangements. But it was all a lot of fun.
~sarah, a "kid"~
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Author: sarah
Date: 2002-01-12 17:30
Well, it we were playing in state jazz festivals, going against more "standard" jazz combos. We played it fine, but I remember some comments about it not really being jazz. Oh well, we improvised and played pretty good.
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Author: Steve Epstein
Date: 2002-01-14 03:11
One of the advantages to being both an adult and a non-professional musician is that you can play what you want. Keep that in mind. Do what you have to do for grades, success, etc, but never stop doing what you like, either, because the "judges" were too stupid to create another pigeonhole for your "category".
Steve
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